" Xiao Yi... snap out of it."
Chi Yining slowly snapped out of his daze after smelling the familiar scent.
The symptoms that occasionally appeared in his previous life reminded him of the darkest year of his childhood when he saw the syringe and was kidnapped and forcibly injected with a gene-destroying agent.
In the laboratory, he suffered torment and torture every day, living a life worse than death for a year. Later, his grandfather went through countless hardships to save him, obtaining an antidote and gene regeneration drug from who-knows-where, which allowed him to survive.
The moment he saw the syringe, he lost control...
" Brother Yan, I'm sorry." Chi Yining, who was being held in Yan Guiyun's arms, hugged him tightly and buried her head low.
Chen Shiyu was extremely worried because he was tied up, but he was bound like a cicada pupa and there was nothing he could do. He could only try to sit up and then hop and skip to the doorway where the lounge and backstage area intersected.
" Chichi!! Are you alright?!"
Seeing Chichi nestled in Yan Guiyun's arms, Chen Shiyu called out anxiously, but Chichi still didn't respond.
It was only then that they discovered three police officers were there; one officer checked the person on the ground to see if they were still alive.
Another police officer, wearing white gloves, was holding a transparent plastic evidence bag and putting a syringe inside.
Doesn't anyone care about me, a mere victim?
"Um, officer... could you help me untie this rope?" Chen Shiyu asked humbly, his white chest peeking out.
"Oh, there's one more? Sorry." The Xiaotong police officer who had started taking photos and conducting the investigation inside turned around and sheepishly went to untie the rope for him.
As Chen Shiyu asked the police to untie him, he looked down and noticed that the person on the ground had been beaten until his head was covered in bruises and welts...
Chichi beat someone up so badly for him, did she use her hands? Are her hands okay? Or did she kick him? Does her foot hurt?
"Officer, there are surveillance cameras here. We acted in self-defense! We'll leave the rest to our lawyers! I'll contact someone right away!" After being untied, Chen Shiyu immediately took out his phone from his bag and called his father, determined to prevent a repeat of the last incident.
At one o'clock in the morning, Chi Yining followed behind Brother Yan somewhat embarrassedly, feeling like he was going to the police station every week.
"What's wrong? Little hero, you're home now."
Yan Guiyun turned around, took his hand, and led him into the entryway, where he was forcibly pressed down to sit on the shoe-changing stool.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Guiyun bent down on one knee, lifted his ankle, and gently took off his black leather shoes, then took off his socks as well, examining them carefully.
"My toe is a little chafed. I'll apply the medicine properly after I take a shower."
After putting slippers on Chi Yining's feet, Yan Guiyun lifted the other foot, took off its shoe and sock, and placed it on his knee to examine it closely.
Seeing that he had been staring at him for so long, Chi Yining couldn't help but lift her bare right foot and step on Yan Guiyun's chest, which was dressed in a light gray suit.
Yan Guiyun raised her deep eyes, her gaze unreadable.
Chi Yining: "..." Would you believe me if I said my feet did it themselves?
Yan Guiyun: "..." Is my kitten this spicy?
"Ahem, sorry, Brother Yan, my foot had a mind of its own, no, I didn't do it..." Chi Yining hurriedly put his foot down, turned his head to look elsewhere, trying to ease the strange atmosphere.